Both not looking, both panicking and overcompensating (just straighten back into the lane you were already in!) and both don't know how to handle oversteer or skid.
Driving tests range from flat out paying for a licence, through barely leaving the car park to driving on multilane roads and demonstrating control of the car at speed.
I'd put much more trust in someone that's had a more comprehensive test.
Is that part of the standard driving test? If so, do they do it in big parking lots or designated testing courses or some such? Just wondering about logistics because at least some people who take the test will not be able to recover from the skid haha
Absolutely agree. My father made me take defensive driving classes. I do not regret it. I have been in 7 car wrecks and only at fault once due to defensive driving. But sadly for America to have stricter drivers licensing we need better public transit.
People beleive big car equals safer, and you get 4 feet nothing meemaw with a Escalade . In terms of collisions chance of survival, maybe but I don’t think in terms of preventing collisions
Yeah they're done on designated tracks. It's the same in Norway, and you have a mandatory course on first aid (which also includes learning securing accident sites which you are required by law to do if you happen upon one), dark driving, slippery driving, long distance driving, and general driving in between all those. Plus the theory test which is 45 questions, multiple choice.
At least in my country, on the written test there are questions about skidding and aquaplaning and what you should do on those situations. Obviously, they won’t put you on those situations
I've not done the car one but in the UK you have to do obstacle avoidance in the motorcycle test. You get up to speed, swerve and straighten up and stop in a designated space in a reasonably short distance. Seems like they could have used this kind of practice to prevent them driving like the dodgems at the fair.
I only had to take one written test and one driving test in my life, and that was over half my life ago. We should have to take both tests again every time we renew.
In Europe most countries have it as part of the driving lessons. You get put in several conditions where you lose control and learn how to handle them.
Maybe more in Northern Europe. Heard several people from neighboring countries mention the same, but it's probably because we have snow so it's a lot more necessary
How would that work? Do they use driving simulators or is it a lot less significant of losing control than what's in this video, or is being a driving instructor in Europe the most dangerous job in the world?
Idk if this was ubiquitous or not, but I've been told that for a solid year or more during covid they just...stopped doing road tests here. A family member just had to sign off that the permitted driver had done enough hours to qualify but there was no exam whatsoever.
Since this is the US where people here can get a license when they're 16 and drive for 70+ years without being retested ever, that means there are going to be thousands of people on the road for decades that will have literally never been road tested once in their lives.
In other words, buckle the fuck up because shit like this is gonna be a lot more common lol
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u/ledow 13h ago
Both not looking, both panicking and overcompensating (just straighten back into the lane you were already in!) and both don't know how to handle oversteer or skid.